The Penn's Grove record., 1887-08-06

? Ihey caught about y poullu "i h9ii
and returned home on Thursday fore
noon. DIV. Summetill, j., who was
one of the party arrived hume quite
sick.
CLARK Petit, Salem county's noted
and reliable n%urseryman, desires the at
temtion of our readers to the large mum
Der Of apple and peach trees Of She best
varieties offered for sale in another col
umn. When any one wants reliable
fruit trees at reasonable prices there IS
where to get them.
Aboru 300 came to Peunsgrove on an
excursion from ThoToughfare OIL We'd
nesday, The same day there vas an
excursion of Mt. Hope church (colored}
from Salem, about 400 strong III
French's grove. During a fraeaS
a "dark'' cut another's head open with
II black jack.
On Thursday night about | o'clock
while two brawlers, were driving out
| of town at full speed the axle of their
buggy broke when crossing the railroad
They were unknown further than the
buggy the next morning contained a
paper with Geo. Lawrence, Jr's, name
on it.
John +. Flynn has received a letter
from Secretary of State Kelsey advls-
ing him to order the new ballot box
es and let the danger of threatened suits
take care of itself. Clerk Flynn has
ordered the boxes for Salem county,
sixteen in number, resolving the right
! TO demand such indemnity rs might be
| given to other counties. Voters will
have their ballots deposited in the new
fraud proof boxes next fall.
List of letters remaining in the Penns-
grove post office for the month ending
July 31st. 1887, Samuel Alston, Joseph
i r.. Atkinson, David Dancenn. Miss
! NJ. 3. Dickson, John Hamilton, {. l..
Hillegass, John b. Harris, Theodore
Lind, L. Springer, E. A, Williams,
/ Miss Annie Wards. Mrs. Sarah F.,
Williams, Albert Watson, Persons cal
ling for the above please say ''adver-
tised." w. S. Avis, p. NJ,
A few baskets of sweetpotatoes have
been dug in this vicinity, ito see how
hey will dig and sent to market.
The best we have seen We're two bas-
kets, dug by VIM. V. Dolbow. 1t took
120 hills to Gil two baskets, one large
| and one small, and they brought 81. %
for the large and 10 cents for the small.
The sweets will not dig yet as SO many
hills have nothing OH and never will
have. Some Gloucester county farmers
whose sweets will dig are coming mon
ey.
The steam barge John w. Garrett.
said to be the largest ever built i'll this
country, was launched by The Harlin X
J HollinpswoIth Company, at Whining
ton. Delaware. She is 800 feet in
length by 7G in extreme width, and
will be capable Of carrying 30 freight
cars and l. passenger cars ut a time.
She WAS built for the Baltimore and
Ohia Railroad, TO be used in transfer
ing trains between Canton and Locust
Point. Baltimore.
Editor Hates. If the Swedesboro
Times, was il town recently, and after
interviewing some political oracle, pub
ljshed the following interesting news
concerning the genial X-Asscmblyman.
Captain whitaker seems bound to
size no to the Senatorial prize, and has
built himself one of the finest residences
in Pennsgrove. 1t is said that the ge-
NAL Captain in his older days enjoys
Ecommahding the political ship of the
G. .. p. over the troubled sea of Salem
county politics, better than he does over
{ e briny deep. And Notwithstanding
his ship wreck last tall he hopes to1ide
sereuely into the Senatorial harbor.
Although a landsman, we would say
to tue H0norble gentlemen, that he
will find more breakers on his Senator
ial trip than he would on the briny
deep. and not the least among these Is
"a gentleman by the name of Coombs in
the upper end of the county, who prom
iSed the party managers to send Il
Freebooter of the right stripe from his
township last Spring, and he did 1t"